Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,518, James Dole, Conn. Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Dole, James
S 43,518
Continental
New York
{ B.L.W. 5H2. 200. sheet Issued Dec. 1, 1789 No papers.
CONTENTS

In lett. to Hon. W. L. May, ap. 7. 1836.
See Hon. J. H. Woodworth Feb 28. 1857
No specification sent to
to Cushman Esq.
Grey New York 25/
1820
\frac{13}{31} \frac{4}{30}
8.38 2/3 2.66 2/3 1.05
2.00 1.00 1.05
1.00 1.00 1.00
(1057)
New York
James Dole, capt Bull Col. Sheldon's Dragoons, May 77 to 3 June '83 the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War. N. Y. & Continental
scribed on the Roll of New York, . . . . . at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of March 1818. a 18 th March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of June, 1818. and sent to the Hon. Mr. Cushman, Grey New York, . . . . .
Arrears to 4th of March 5 th  \frac{514}{930} Mar to 4 th Sept. 1818. $141.05 100
Amount of old pension from $14.05 to 18 th March 14 Days 4.51 { Revolutionary claim, $115.56 Act 18th March, 1818
by V. Gentry 4, 18

State of New York } ss: Rensselaer County } ss
It appearing to my satisfaction, that the within named James Dole, "served in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy;" I hereby certify and transmit the within testimony, to the Hon. Secretary of the Department of War, of the United States.
De Witt Macdonald Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County and State aforesaid.
State of New York } ss: Rensselaer County } ss
I hereby certify and transmit the within testimony, to the Hon. the Secretary of the Department of War, of the United States.
De Witt Macdonald Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Rensselaer aforesaid.
Witn: Mr. Ashmun of New York. Apr 6. 1811.

State of New York Rensselaer County ss
Personally appeared before me James Malerry one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County.
James Dole of the city of Troy in the County of Rensselaer who being by me duly sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God saith that in the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he this deponent entered into and joined a company of minute men (then so called) commanded by Captain James Wells which company arrived and

Equiped themselves and remained in a state of readiness to march at a minutes warning that in the month of May in the same year the captain of said company received orders from the Com- =mittee of publick Safety (Then so called) at that time convened in the city of Albany to march forthwith against Tyenderoga and Crownpoint which orders were promptly obeyed
And this deponant further saith that in a short time after this, he enlisted in a company commanded by

Captain Joseph M c Cracken in a Regiment then raising by Col o G V m Schraik for six months and marched under General Montgomery against St Johns Chambler, and Montreal. And this deponent further Says that after the capture of these last mentioned post and his term of enlistment being expired he with others whose time of enlistment was also expired at the Special Solicitation of General Montgomery again enlisted in a company battalion commanded by Captain Theodore Woodbridge for six months in a Reg t raised by General Wooster in Montreal and

called General Wooster's regiment in which company he followed General Montgomery to Quebec where he remained until the time for which he had last enlisted for was expired, when he again enlisted under the said Captain Webbridge for the term of one year in a reg t commanded by Col o Samuel in Elmore which he the deponent remained at Quebec until the sixth day of May 1776 when the American the  army army at that place retreated, that having arrived in the State of New York the reg t to which this deponent there belonged

York the reg t to which this deponent then belonged
was ordered up the Mohawk river to Fort Stanwys in the State of New York where he this deponent remained in the said Company and Regiment before mentioned untill the month of Aprill in the year one thou- =sand seven hundred and seventy seven when said Regiment disbanded
And this deponent further says that on or about the fifth of May in the same year he enlisted into a Troop of light dragoons commanded by Captain Ephraim Bull called the fourth Troop in Second Reg t of light dragoons commanded by Col o Elisha Sheldon in this Troop and Regiment this deponent served in various subordinate

grades untill the seventeenth day of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy nine or eighty when he received a very severe and dangerous wound the evil effects of which wound which wound are to this day very frequently and severely felt at the same he was made a prisoner and held in captivity by the British about ten months when he was exchanged and immediately thereon promoted to the rank of Colonel and soon after to that of Lieutenant in which grade he continued until the conclusion of the war when on the third day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when the

whole Army of the United States of America was dismissed!
and this deponent further saith though very Destitute, the effects produced by the before mentioned service and sufferings, wound, hardships in the army, and ill health resulting from these two causes hath rendered him incapable of performing any laborious occupation what ever and further saith not
James Dole
State of New York } Rensselaer County }
On the 30 th day of March 1818. the above named James Dole came personally before me, & being duly sworn, declared, that the foregoing state- ment was true.
J. S. Mallory Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. in and for the County of Rensselaer

State of New York City of Troy ss. On this sixth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court Maynard Boutelle being a Court of Record in and for the said City of Troy according to the solemn adjudication of the Supreme Court of this State and being a Court which proceeds according to the course of common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount having a Record of its proceedings and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment James Dole aged upwards of sixty five years resident in the Second Ward of the said City of Troy who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath depose that he served in the revolutionary war as follows — That he enlisted in Captain Joseph McBratney's company in a Regiment or Battalion raised by the State of New York for six months in the Spring or Summer of the year 1775 which Battal- ion or Regiment was commanded by Colonel John Schuyler that he marched in said company and Regiment to St Johns in Canada which after a siege of six months was taken together with the Genesee at Chambly and Montreal That while in Montreal the term of his first enlistment having expired he again enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Theodore Woodbridge in a Regiment commanded by General Wooster in which company he followed General Montgomery to Quebec where he continued in the service until the sixth day of May 1776 that while at Quebec he again enlisted under the before named Captain Woodbridge in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Elmer for the term of one year after the expiration of which year he this deponent on or about the fifth day of May 1777 enlisted in a Troop of Light Horse =yrons commanded by Captain Ephraim Bull in the 2 d Regiment of Cavalry commanded by Col. Elisha Sheldon of the State of Connecticut that he served in said Regiment in the capacity of Sergeant Sergeant Major Corporal and Lieutenant That he was in the battle of Germantown on or about the 4 th October 1777 and in a great number of skirmishes in one of which on the 4 th Aug- ust in the year 1779 or 1780 he was severely wounded and taken prisoner by the Enemy and languis- hed in a state of captivity for about four months when an exchange of prisoners took place and he again joined his Regiment and continued in actual service until the third day of June 1783 when he was discharged at Danbury in the State of Connecticut That his original discharge under the act of the 10 th March 1818 was dated the 10 th day of June 1818 & his pension certificate is N o 1037
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident within the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress intitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed the 10 th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts

or Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed
James Dole
1818
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court the 8 th day of June 1820
Joseph D. Selden Clerk
Schedule of Real and personal Estate necessary for opening of probate and reading of last Will and Testament of James Dole of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York
I have no real estate of any kind whatsoever
Personal Property
  1 Set of Family Bible Brothers $12.50 One Mahogany Secretary $30 42.50   1 Old Gold watch $37 One gold brooch pin $10 47.00   1 Glass Ink Stand 50 cts 1 Sand box 50 cts 1.00   1 Silver mounted Spectacles & case $3 one wash Bowl & cover 4.50   1 Bamboo cane 1.00 
In consequence of my age and the ill state of my health I am unable to do any kind of business to support myself. My Family are separated and live in various parts of the Country and for the last six or eight months I have lived with one of my sons in the City of Troy who is poor and has a large Family
And I do solemnly swear that the sums affixed to the Articles in the foregoing Inventory are to the full Value of the said Articles according to the best of my know- ledge and belief
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court the 6 day of June 1820
James Dole
Joseph D. Selden Clerk
James Dole's Declaration 1037. Cont.

State of New York,
Rensselaer County } ss. City of Troy
I, Joseph D. Seldens Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court held in & for the City of Troy do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath & affidavit and the schedule thereto an- nected, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Ninety Six dollars and _____ cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Sixth day of June 1820
Joseph D. Seldens Clerk.
Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War closed the 08 th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts

May 29, 1906 and 1907

Dole, James
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New York, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 95.
Rank: Lieut.
Regt: Col. Sheldon's.
Disability: Wounded in his hip by a gun shot.
When and where disabled: August 17, 1780, King street, New York.
Residence: Lansingburg
Remarks: Enlist. May 17, 1777; promo'd lieut. He has received the commutation which is not returned.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court complete.

as history to, in the man! over.
Feb 7/84. my J. G. as per letter inside
43 518
INVALID.
Reg
File No. 43.518
James Dole Dragoon's Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James Dole's first declar- ation - dated 30 March 1818 - about which Mr. Jas. Mackay of Troy, N.Y. has written so many letters - I found this on the 2 nd Sept. 1818 -
J. L. E.

Correct the within pension list. I tell the same commence expressly to the statement of Mr. Cushman, which is now remitted.
July 18. 1868.
George Boyd Esquire, Charged M c H Chief Clerk. Pension Office, Washington.

New York
FREE
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secy at War, Washington.
1820 Sent off 25 July

Sent off 25 July 1820
Genl. John B. Calhoun Secy at War, Washington
New York
FREE

1 New (N.Y.) 6 th July 1820
Sir
I herewith transmit the papers required by the late regulations of the War Department - and the act upon which they were predicated; showing the property and income of James Dole, a Revolutionary Pensioner,
Captain Dole was reduced to indigence about six years ago - until which time he had, after the close of the Revolutionary struggle, lived in affluence, & held various places of high trust in the General & State governments. For five years he has been in a state of absolute dependence, with no resource whatever but his pension. Born down with the infirmity of years, and of disease.
(With great respect I remain
Your obedt Servt
John D. Cushman
Honble J. C. Calhoun

Troy (N York) 19 th July 1815
Sir I have received the certificate of the Secretary at War for James Dole Lieut in the Revolutionary Army by which I perceived that his Pension under the late Act does not commence till the 4 th of June -
I beg leave to call your attention to the case of Mr Dole You will readily perceive that justice to him requires an alteration of the certificate which I take the liberty herewith to return for that purpose By examining your files you will discover an affidavit of Mr Dole taken about the 25 th of March last & presented to you by me about the first of April. As there was no certificate of the County Clerk attached, I then offered to supply any defect by my own affidavit, & that of Genl Huntington from Connecticut. At that time you expressed yourself satisfied with the evidence & gave me a written statement, that on forwarding the certificate of his then existing Pension with a Discharge of it, endorsed his increased Pension would commence on the 18 th of March 1815. His Pension at that time was $120 per annum He had been a Pensioner about 20 years & never had received a certificate I understand they were not always issued at that day In May I forwarded you the document you gave me that no mistake might occur - & sent a relinquishment of Pension from the 18 th of March last to correspond with it. You then wrote me that as no certificate had been granted an affidavit in the usual form would be desired, I complied with this requisition & returned the Paper you gave me

in April that his increased Pension might commence in March. Trusting in the written statement from under your hand which I forwarded to Mr Dole. He delayed any further proceedings till some days after my return from Washington. He is clearly not in default for negligence & I trust that on recollecting the facts above stated and on recurring to the affidavit of Mr D on which I made the application for an increase of his Pension you will readily correct his certificate to correspond with the time mentioned in the writing you gave me or at least to correspond with the date of his first affidavit. Should the new Pension commence at a day later than the 18 th of March and on the day his first application was made will it not be necessary to return the relinquishment of the old Pension which was from the 18 th of March that it may bear date on the day the increased pension commences that no part of his old Pension may be lost. As it now stands he loses 25 of his old Pension namely from the 18 th of March to the 4 th June. Mr Dole was an officer of distinguished bravery and merit in the war of the Revolution but within the last five years has been reduced from affluence to Poverty and is now and has been for two years miserably indigent . For this reason alone do I now write you to have the certificate corrected. And with this relation of facts I am confident you will with pleasure & promptitude conform the certificate to the written statement you handed me and which you now have & to his relinquishment, or to his first affidavit taken the 25 th of March. that he may enjoy the full Bounty of the Government which he would before this have obtained had he not relied implicitly upon

the statement I have mentioned Will you write me on this Subject
I have the honor to be
very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
George Boyd Esq
John D. Bushman

Troy June 10 th 1818
Your favor of the 26 th (May) has been received, and I now forward the affidavit which you say has become necessary - Mr Dole has been in extreme indigence for five years past. I hope the delay which has taken place since I presented you his papers in March last will not prevent his receiving the increased allowance from the 18 th March (agreed) to the time of the order  issuance  order from you -
Very respectfully
I am abt out,
John D. Cushman
G Boyd Esq
Ch Clk
Pension office

Admitted
18 th June 1878
M c G
Commenced 4 th June 1878

Mr. Ash will send the Certificate of Pension granted to him from the War Department - in order that his increased allowance under the law of the 18 th March 1888 may be endorsed on the same by the Secy of War - to commence 18 th March 1888. 18 th March 1888
Wear age Apr 13 th 1888
E. Bayle

I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension allowed me by the laws of the United States prior to the 18 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen -
In presence of John P. Chapman
James Dole
Witness my hand this 13 th day of March 1818
E. B. Dole

The papers are respectfully forwarded to be re- turned with Mr. Dole's declarations &c.
War Dept. Pensions Office May 26 th 1878

of New York Schenectady County } DISTRICT OF } , 88.
On this third day of June 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county aforesaid for the said district, personally appeared James Dole aged sixty six years, resident in the City of Troy in the said county district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said James Dole enlisted in Hartford in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Dyer of the Regiment of Cavalry commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon in the north of May one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the third of June 1783, when he was discharged from service in Danbury in the state of Connecticut , that he was in the battles of Germanstown & in many skirmishes with the British Cavalry - That he received the commission of Congregit in said Troop in 1780 or 1781 - and soon after received the commission of a Lieutenant in said Troop which commission this deponent bore at the close of the war and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. -
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Found correct
J. S. Mallory
I, James Mallory Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said James Dole did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I also certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said James Dole , is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support.
June 4 th 1818.
J. S. Mallory
To commence 11 th March 1818 see the accompanying note.

State of New York } Rensselaer County } Jo
I certify that James Mallory England whose signature is affixed to the within declaration was on the third day of instant June one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of the said Court this third day of June A.D. 1810 —
Joseph D. Sueden Clerk